You all never cease to wow me. Entries were so good, I couldn’t choose. So I let Charlie pick the winner.

Below is a list of the ten finalists, posted in the order they came in. Below that is a video of Charlie picking the winner, which I think you all will enjoy. Congrats Karen! Great line, and Charlie certainly does live outside the matrix.

Someone Put Baby In The CornerI Chink, Therefore I Am.My SpaceNaught. E. CoyoteThere IS No WallRed Headed Wood CheckerIf you look REALLY close it looks like the Virgin Mary.Reading Between The PinesReflection, No MirrorLogging His Thoughts

• • • I don’t have any idea what’s going on here, and I was there. So tell me the story you see, and leave your caption, title, or thought-bubble dialogue in the comment section of this post. The quirkiest, cleverest entry will win a Wyoming care package, containing a number of goodies including an authentic Native American arrowhead that was half made, then discarded. Mike found it last week and finished the other side. It’s of gorgeous linen-colored stone, two-toned as the original edges are weathered and the new edges are newly exposed rock, and measures 2.5 inches long. Now, entertain me!

So there I was, sleeping on my favorite pillow, when I heard this teeny tiny little voice, singing. I looked around and didnt see anything, but the voice seemed to come from the crack in the wall, so I slid off my pillow and went to investigate, and sure enough, there she was, the teeniest tiniest littlest little spider I ever saw. She waved a couple of itsy bitsy arms at me and said “Hi there you cute young pup!” Being a polite coyote puppy because thats how Shreve raised me, I naturally said “Hello little spider. How are you today?” She said she was fine, she had just been singing and she apologized for waking me up from my pillow nap. I told her it was no problem, I could sleep any time, but I didnt have the chance to talk to itsy bitsy spiders very often, then I asked where she came from. She said she had been washed out of the water spout and couldnt get back up again, so she made her way here to the crack in the wall so she could sing without being stepped on or vaccuumed up.
I told her she had a pretty voice and she blushed little tiny pink spots under her eyes, all eight of them. I thought it was cute.
Then she asked me if I knew the meaning of life, and I said I wasnt sure but I thought it had something to do with the number 42. She seemed happy with that and thanked me, then asked if I wanted her to sing me a song. I thought that would be nice, so I said “Yes, please.” and she started singing “What would you do if I sang out of tune, would you stand up and walk out on me…”
I was a bit confused because she wasnt a beetle, but it sounded beautiful so I sat and listened to her. When she was done I told her that it was a very nice song, she said some bug had taught it to her. Now we are friends, at least until the vaccuum finds her… I dont think my Shreve likes spiders much…..

This looks like what my doggies both have done… *if I don’t see you, you don’t see me* type of thing. They can still watch you out of the corner of their eye, oh yes… but in their little canine minds, you can’t see them. Haha, they pulled a fast one on you while they sit *out of sight.* ;)

I just have to say I love this picture. Being that he’s new to you and you to him, I just see this want for exceptance in his little eyes. It’s like he’s wondering ‘What will become of me’. Makes you want to scoop him up and smoosh his face with love and kisses… just my take:)

Maybe if I stare long enough I’ll see what Eli sees when he stares at the wall?
(Knowing cats’ propensity to stare at a wall intently as though they see something you can’t see, I thought Charlie might be trying to mimic something he would see Eli doing.)

This is my absolute all time favorite of Charlie. The qualities of baby-ness, softness, and the gone away look boys have, and the remote & wild inherent in Charlie. Plus, I think Shreve’s original title of this was “Little Weirdo”